Never been a fan of SAABīs but didnīt wish itīs demise, First olds then pontiac then Buicks in china now SAAB ,,why not Axe Opel also while at it or Alltogether ??
Always hated the GM beancounters making the whole company so damn slow to react and conservative so Opel wouldīve been fitting to ditch ?
Thread: Saab r.i.p.
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12-18-2009 05:59 PM
Last edited by MikeyFIN; 12-18-2009 at 06:13 PM.
Offshore Racing wasnīt designed to be a spectator sport, it's for people or companies with's lots of money to push the envelope of endurance technology and hopefully put a trophy on a mantle. It's man vs the elements, not like boats with like engines running in circles.
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12-18-2009 06:02 PM
My first car was and Opel GT cool car.
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12-18-2009 06:07 PM
Agree on the GT.. Great body on simple technicals, have had and still have several friends who has one.
Thereīs always exception to the rule even with Opel.
The B Ascona, B Kadett Rallye ( Buick/Opel), Lotus Omega etc... but other than that no real forerunners in new stuff.Offshore Racing wasnīt designed to be a spectator sport, it's for people or companies with's lots of money to push the envelope of endurance technology and hopefully put a trophy on a mantle. It's man vs the elements, not like boats with like engines running in circles.
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12-18-2009 06:10 PM
Note the starter...is he from a circus or what?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMBVzsEWvW4Offshore Racing wasnīt designed to be a spectator sport, it's for people or companies with's lots of money to push the envelope of endurance technology and hopefully put a trophy on a mantle. It's man vs the elements, not like boats with like engines running in circles.
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12-18-2009 08:25 PM
First car I ever crushed with a truck was an Opel wagon...
In my mind Saabs kind of lost what they were after the 900. Before that, they were a weird little hobby for aerospace engineers. The Sonnetts (especially the two strokers) and the 96s had a lot of personality. But the 9000 and after... Might as well have been Chevy Cavaliers... Lipstick on a pig.
"Tear gas and draft beer don't mix."
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12-18-2009 08:38 PM
anything with the ignition key in the console is wierd..
Buick is thriving in China FinBoy...
not that I know anything about Buicks...
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12-18-2009 08:46 PM
I like my 9-7x. Got a good price on it too.
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12-18-2009 08:56 PM
TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) - This means the end of the line for more than 150 jobs. The GM Plant in Tonawanda will no longer produce the V-8 Engine. Workers had been building the "big block" engine since 1958, but it only accounted for three percent of the plant's annual output. 150 workers are saying goodbye to a milestone in General Motors history. As of Friday, December 18th, the GM Plant in Tonawanda rolled out its last V-8 engine. Workers were told the engine line was coming to an end back in June.
"Tear gas and draft beer don't mix."
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12-18-2009 09:07 PM
I liked the 99 EMS! Also the 96 2 strokes were cool with 4 on the tree!
Good car until GM took them over, but it doesn't deserve to die. . . . .Last edited by BillR; 12-18-2009 at 09:13 PM.
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01-03-2010 05:39 PMI'm not shedding any tears over Saab, just the gov't involvement in a private enterprise. I do hate to see Pontiac go, even though they haven't done anything worth a damn recently. Therew was always hope they would bring the GTO up to the performance level of the new camaro. Lot of history gone there.
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01-03-2010 09:07 PM
From an auto tech. stand point i will loose no sleep over it, i hate them. The engineering on those cars is a joke, they are hard to work on hard to fix and hard to diagnosis.
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01-04-2010 10:35 PMIf ya know how to work on them they are a piece of cake.
My wifes car has 170,000 miles on a 2004 and so far she put brakes on it and a power steering pump and drop links for the sway bar. Everything you can do on it is no more difficult then any other car. I replaced the power steering pump in about 3 min. Then again I don't think a 928 is hard to work on either. Just got to understand the car and they are easy. My buddy and I used to order a pizza, pull the car in and have the car back outside with a new clutch in it before the pizza would get there.
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01-04-2010 11:29 PM
I have a Turbo X leased, awesome car!! Sux in the snow w/ the performance tires! Pay'n 2 much 4 it but Chit happens!!
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01-05-2010 09:58 PM
I had an Opel commodore GS for a while when working in Europe in the late 70,s awesome car. 2.8 injected, it was fast and had excellent road manners. Almost identical to this one except it was white.
http://www.habitamos.com/post/452147...e_28i_gs_coupeMark
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01-08-2010 01:01 PM
I Rather see them Thriving in Flint and Kansas at least..
Now you got me warm!!!
I just came from freezing my fingers off at the storage and sold a Pontiac spare wheel to a guy for a 70 GTO, also has a 68 Firebird 400 ( those are SWEET).
Hey a buddy I know has his daugther married with Dave Fiscus....
Back to the thread I hated the older saab and started almost to grow into these GM derivates..but thenagain Iīm a GM guy.
And Seems Saabs story isnīt totally finished yet.Offshore Racing wasnīt designed to be a spectator sport, it's for people or companies with's lots of money to push the envelope of endurance technology and hopefully put a trophy on a mantle. It's man vs the elements, not like boats with like engines running in circles.
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01-08-2010 01:05 PMOffshore Racing wasnīt designed to be a spectator sport, it's for people or companies with's lots of money to push the envelope of endurance technology and hopefully put a trophy on a mantle. It's man vs the elements, not like boats with like engines running in circles.